as a child

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: when one was a child

I went there once as a child.

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In Area 5, Singh, 37, attended Elk Grove Unified schools as a child and now sends his own children to district schools. — Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 15 Oct. 2026 Throughout the trial, Sierra’s legal team has focused on brain damage stemming from an accident in which Sierra was pummeled by a car as a child. — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 15 Oct. 2026 Cuban American poet Kyle Carrero Lopez first learned what sanctions were as a child — not as a political measure, but as a gendered one. — Suzy Exposito, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026 Throughout, Kwon also meditates on memories of and nostalgia for the experience of growing up as a child of Asian immigrants in the United States. — Anna Grace Lee, Vogue, 14 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for as a child

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